THE VERGINA SUN ~ AN ANCIENT GREEK SYMBOL ON THE FLAG OF INDIA

Ιt is well-known worldwide that Alexander the Great's campaign in Asia changed the way of life for many peoples who adopted the knowledge of Greek culture at that time.
The people who benefited the most from this were the Indians, because their culture at that time was not advanced to the same level as the Greek, the Egyptian or the Persian civilizations. 
The people who lived on the banks of the Indus River were given the name 'Indians' by the Persians.

The ancient civilization of  Harrapa had no connection with the Indian culture of that era. There are no depictions of Hindu gods in Harrapa or anything else to establish a relationship. During that era, the houses in Harrapa were made of bricks, while in India, the houses and temples were made of plain wood- a material which easily deteriorates. The Brahmi writing has nothing to do with the undeciphered Harrapan scripts of the Indus river. Brahmi is a younger language, which was translated in 1834 thanks to the bilingual coins of the Greek kings of India and Bactria. Therefore, the lack of connection between the Indus Valley civilization and India of the time of Alexander and the following Greek Kings is even more obvious.
In Greece, the continuous connection among eras and places is undoubtedly visible through archaeological finds, as well as through linguistic evidence.

There are many Indians who assume that their culture was highly advanced at the time of Alexander the Great, but unfortunately this is not the case.

The Greek influence in India is so great, that it affected their religion as well.Before Alexander's time, there were no depictions of gods in Hinduism- neither statues nor pottery depicting gods have been found. The very first representation of Hindu deities is in the coins of the Greek Kings.

 The Greek King Seleucus, after a 3-year expedition in India, where he crossed the Indus River with 250,000 soldiers, signed a peace treaty with Chandragupta. Chandragupta married Helena, the daughter of Seleucus, and she brought the Greek culture and language into the very heart of the Indian palace.The relationship between the two countries became closer. Intermarriage agreement ( epigamia ) was applied-Indian kings had the right to marry Greek princesses, and Greek officers and soldiers had the right to marry Indian women. In this way, all the traits of the Greek civilization spread even more efficiently in India through both royalty and the people. The Greek culture, knowledge and aesthetics became popular in all levels of society.

Of course, art and decoration could not be left unaffected by the Greek heritage.

The Indians adopted 4 Greek symbols in their decoration:  the rhodax, the anthemion, the Lion of Chaeronea, which was the symbol of the Macedonian Kings, and the Vergina Sun. The first two have been reduced to simple decoration symbols; however,
 the Macedonian Lion of Chaeronea became an emblem of India. Also, the Vergina Sun exists in certain pillars of Ashoka. This Macedonian royal symbol, which today is called the Ashoka chakra in India, is the emblem on the Indian flag. 

Two ancient Greek royal symbols were introduced into India 23 centuries ago. One of them became the flag of the country and the other- the Chaeronea Lions- has become a coat of arms, found in Indian passports. These particular emblems will forever serve as reminders of the Greek people, who carried their own civilization and sciences into the faraway lands of India. The Greek knowledge, arts and sciences are the root of the Indian culture.